In this small backward village, everyone seems to have a lot of time squatting in front of their homes and chatting, and the snow shadow walks on the potholed dirt road, like a dancing monkey, being watched by the villagers.

"Obviously, it was the wrong decision." Gyokuro, who was placed in the backpack by the Snow Shadow, complained, and before she came, it was against it. This poor place where you can't find a map on the Internet, let alone a bus, there is not even a cement road, and the snow shadow has been walking for an hour to find a place.

"My feet will suffer." Snow Shadow muttered to herself. Her feet were hot, and she could feel the blisters on her feet slowly popping up.

"It's all to blame for the Fortune Tree's neurosis." Gyokuro was particularly angry.

Snow Shadow closed her mouth in a heart, it was her decision to come here to check on the vines, and it was her and the fortune tree's decision.

"They're all looking at me." Snow Shadow walked in the middle of the dirt road, and the old men and women around her were talking about her openly, and she felt awkward.

"It's something to be happy about, no one wants to be ugly." Gyokuro comforted.

"The trumpet flower outside the courtyard is especially admired by passers-by, and if passers-by take a serious look at it, it can happily let all the plants know." Snow Shadow thought of the trumpet flower that broke into the courtyard, and couldn't help laughing, if you give a position, the trumpet flower is a laughing star, and everything can become interesting in its mouth. Outgoing and cheerful, it can face it with a smile no matter what bad weather it encounters.

"It's just stupid big sister. The whole world knows that there is no quiet time. Gyokuro, who is always woken up by laughter, has been dissatisfied with the culprit of Trumpet Flower for a long time.

"The kids love to be lively, so they played with the trumpet flowers. You like to be quiet, but you love to be with the children, no wonder you have a headache when you are noisy. ”

Snow Shadow held Gyokuro in her arms and continued slowly, "Since you've made your choice, don't complain. ”

The setting sun slowly sets between the branches, and the yellow afterglow envelops the whole world, inlaid with a gorgeous gold edge for all things.

Standing in the middle of an empty wheat field, Snow Shadow was momentarily stunned.

"Little girl!"

Snow Shadow turned around, and her neck was even fairer and slender.

The sudden tractor splashed large and small mud spots under the wheels, and the snow shadow stood on the tractor, like a lone sail in the waves, swaying with the waves.

"I heard my daughter say that you will arrive tomorrow, so I didn't pick you up at the station. If it weren't for Dashatou saying that there was a beautiful city girl coming from the village, I would have gone to you with the intention of giving it a try, but I wouldn't have been able to pick you up. Although none of the people in our village have such bad intentions, when it gets dark, it is wet and cold, and what should I do if I am sick. Old man Zhang smoked a big cigarette and drove the tractor, and he didn't delay preaching to Snow Shadow.

Old man Zhang's dialect was too strong, and Xue Ying was confused.

When the old men squatting at the door saw the snow shadow on the tractor, they shook their chopsticks with Old Man Zhang, shouting and asking, "Whose girl is this?" It's really handsome for a long time. ”

"This is the prospective college student in the city that my girl invited to come and see our vineyard."

When the villagers heard that they had come to see the vineyard, they couldn't afford to eat, so they put their bowls on the spot and followed the tractor to the vineyard.

Yukikage smiled sheepishly, she wasn't a college student.

"What can such a young child understand! Don't toss. Old man Dong knocked on the big cigarette butt, rolled up the home-grown tobacco, raised his black and wrinkled eyelids, and said in a rough voice.

Aunt Dong leaned forward, rubbed her hands, and smiled apologetically at the snow shadow with a red face. As soon as he turned around, he pinched his waist and scolded angrily: "You dead old man, you know a fart!" People are college students in the city, so the technician is also a junior high school graduate, can it be the same? ”

Old man Dong turned sideways to avoid Aunt Dong's hand grabbing cigarettes, and said unconvinced: "What's wrong with the college student?" My nephew is still a graduate student, and he knows what a graduate student is. ”

"Cut, return your nephew, you can blow it, blow it to God, and no one cares about you." Aunt Dong shook her hand, pulled down her sleeves, threw it on Old Man Dong's shoulder, and chased the tractor in a hurry.

"If you can't find the cause of the vineyard problems, you're in a disgrace." Gyokuro sighed.

"I think so, too." Snow Shadow lowered her head and whispered.

"Don't worry, I can help you. Besides, as the old man said, you are still a child, and even if you can't see the problem, they won't embarrass you. Gyokuro gently stretches its roots in the pot, it loves the clean air here.

"I'm afraid that they will be disappointed, and if you look at the dilapidated nature of the village, you will know that their income depends on this one-third of an acre, and if something goes wrong with the vineyards, they will not have a good year." The former snow shadow followed behind her mother, and saw the tragic situation of starvation in the land, although this world is much less helpless than that world, but the old peasants with their faces facing the loess and their backs to the sky still have a lot of helplessness forced out by money.

"Your abilities are limited, and you can't solve all the puzzles. It's useless to think too much, just do your best. Gyokuro persuaded Yukage, it knew very well, Yukage understood these truths, and she always used these words to appease the irritable fortune tree, and now she drilled the horns, also because she was too nervous.

Yukage took a deep breath and placed Gyokuro in her backpack.

The destination is at hand.

The grape trellises are neatly arranged, and there is not a single weed on the ground, which shows how much effort the growers have put into taking care of the little ones.

Old man Zhang temporarily set up a large light bulb with high wattage to illuminate the entire vineyard.

The sleepy vines woke up again, stretched out their arms, kicked their legs, and greeted each other.

Snow Shadow crouched in front of the grapes, carefully observing the changes in the grape leaves, until the squatting legs were numb, and then slowly stood up.

"I need to go inside and take a look." Snow Shadow said to the old man with a frown.

"Do you see what's wrong?" Old man Zhang asked nervously.

Snow Shadow hesitated for a moment, then replied, "I'm not sure yet. ”

The old man walked in front with a light bulb, and the snow shadow followed behind without saying a word, stopping from time to time to rub the soil of the grape roots with his hands, or touch the grape leaves with his hands.

Snow Shadow didn't say anything, but she was sure that this group of little ones was well taken care of, there was no lack of water or nutrients, their root system was very developed, and they were very healthy and lively.

"Gyokuro, I need your help." Snow Shadow muttered quietly.

"I've been talking to them, and they're afraid of strangers and won't talk to you." Gyokuro said helplessly, it had tried its best to appease them, but it was still refused, if the eloquent Fortune Tree was here, it would definitely make the children obedient.

Snow Shadow took out the Gyokuro from her school bag, touched its round leaves, and said softly, "It's okay. Did they tell you why? ”

Gyokuro hid the exposed roots underneath, hating the light, and when she heard Snow Shadow's question, she scolded angrily, "A bunch of pampered squeamish bags, they don't grow well just to protest." ”

"Protest against what?" Yukikage was curious, and it was the first time she knew that the plants in the fields would not grow well because of the protests.

"It's a long story. There is an old artist in the village who likes to sing and play the erhu here. For as long as I can remember, these squeamish bags have grown up with music, and one by one they think that they are different from other fools, that they are artists who grew up immersed in music, and that they are different purple grapes. ”

Snow Shadow snorted and laughed, this tsundere temperament reminded her of the big brother and cactus in the courtyard.

"And then." Snow Shadow held back a smile and continued to listen to the story.

"The old artist died a few years ago, and when this group of squeamish bags woke up from the cold winter, they found that the music they could enjoy every day was gone, and they were used to happy scores, how could they grow in these boring days." Yulu talks about the ups and downs, and he is very devoted.

"So they protested en masse?" Snow Shadow smirked.

"Yes, this group of stupid hats went on strike en masse in protest." Gyokuro scoffed.

"Who's in charge?" Snow Shadow thought for herself, as far as she knew, fruit trees had an instinct to blossom and bear fruit, and they wouldn't go against that instinct unless some plant encouraged it every day.

"It's that long, crooked wild grape." Gyokuro's tone of disgust when she talks about this wild grape is like the mention of rat droppings.

Snow Shadow led the light and walked back and forth in the vineyard three times before finding the wild vine next to the neatly arranged trellises.

This wild grape is noticeably different from the others, it is thicker and more bizarre, with sparse green grapes hidden among the branches and leaves.

Snow Shadow held his knees in his hands, bent down, and said with a smile, "I found you." ”

Finding out why the vines weren't growing, Yukikage thought about how to explain it from a scientific point of view. Although these old farmers don't care about any scientific or unscientific things, they still need to pull out a reason.

"Girl, do you know what's going on?" Aunt Dong saw the look in the old man's eyes, rubbed her hands, stepped forward and asked cautiously.

Snow Shadow smiled shyly and explained, "I've found the cause of my illness, but I still need your help." ”

Old man Zhang's face was immediately full of smiles, and Aunt Dong also smiled heartily: "You're polite, we'll do whatever you say." "Yes, we don't have any skills, but we have stupid strength." Old man Zhang also followed suit.

Snow Shadow smiled and nodded, and whispered, "You need to take care of plants as carefully as you take care of your own children, dress them when it's cold, and give them food when they're hungry." ”

"My stinky boy, it's too cumbersome to dress him, and he has to freeze into a popsicle before he comes back and puts on a sheet to be that superman." Zhang Sandun, who had just turned thirty, was the nephew of Old Man Zhang, and he followed to see the situation in the vineyard.

"Shut up! Listen to the girl first. Aunt Dong stretched out her hand and gave Zhang Sandun a loud slap on the back.

Xue Ying laughed in his heart, every family in this small village was a bent relative, and he could only blush and feel aggrieved when he was beaten by the elders in front of so many people.

When the noisy people had calmed down, Snow Shadow tried to explain in words they could all understand: "Plants have their own tempers, and some like the sun, so they have to be under the sun to blossom and bear fruit." Some prefer shady places, like fungus mushrooms, which grow on rotten wood after rain. Some like warm days and start to sprout in summer, while others like cold days and start to move in early spring. ”

"We all know that. Wheat is also divided into early wheat and late wheat. It's all the same. "Old man Zhang, who is new to Chinese, is the most educated and the most vocal in this group.

"Uh-huh. In fact, in addition to what most people know, there are also some that many people don't know. For example, plants are sensitive to sound. If the sound is harsh, the person will feel uncomfortable, and in the same way, if the sound is too loud or too small, the plant will also feel it. ”

"The grapes don't bear fruit well, because of the sound?" Aunt Dong, who often chatters, instantly understood the meaning of Xue Ying's words.

"That's right. From a scientific point of view, the sound will make the air vibrate to produce sound waves, and plants have grown under this kind of sound waves for a long time and have become accustomed to such an environment, if you remove this sound from plants, it is like changing the environment for them, and their growth will be inhibited. "Snow Shadow is broken.

The villagers collectively circled the circle.

"Girl, you say it's simple."

Snow Shadow nodded, the time had come for her to say what she really had to say.

"Just put some song in the vineyard." Snow Shadow in a word.

"What's the song?" Zhang Sandun asked with interest, he was the youngest here, and the songs he heard were definitely more fashionable than them.

"Don't mess up the songs, just put some old songs from your time, Uncle Zhang."

Old man Zhang smiled: "This is no problem, there are speakers, radios and tapes at home." ”

At eleven o'clock in the evening, the old songs of twenty years ago sounded in the vineyards.

This time, Snow Shadow finally heard the voices and laughter of the squeamish buns.

The night was already deep, and the vineyards were even more lively.

It is the busy farming season, and there are many people and few people here, everyone has more than ten acres of land on their heads, poor mountains and poor ravines, there are no conditions in the county, and all of them are cutting wheat and beans with a sickle. A few days ago, I had just finished shaving early-maturing peanuts, and in order to separate the time from late-maturing peanuts, the people in the village were shaving peanuts around the clock. In the late summer and early autumn days, the people here work continuously, only going home when they eat, and lying on the spot when they are tired.

As soon as the music in the vineyard was played, the people who were napping in the field woke up and rolled up their mats to see what was going on in the vineyard.

Old man Zhang watched the grape leaves slowly change his spirit, his heart blossomed, and when he saw people coming, he smiled and greeted him with boiled peanuts.

"This vineyard has □□ acres." Snow Shadow walked around almost a circle, estimating the size of the vineyard based on the number of steps he had taken.

"Eight acres and seven points of land." Old man Zhang took the boiled peanuts out of the salt water and stuffed them into Snow Shadow's hands.

"Is anyone coming to harvest the grapes?" Snow Shadow asked.

"No, my daughter works as a clerk in a fruit store in the city, my family's grapes are going to be sold to the store, and the Dong family's plan is to sell them to the supermarket in the county, and they all said it when they visited relatives during the New Year."

Yukikage was stunned, sat down on the stone pier, put his backpack on his lap, and peeled peanuts with all his heart.

"You've found the biggest problem, but before you say it, think about it, you're not omnipotent, and you're not the Virgin Mary. Of course, if you're sure, I'll cherish your kindness. Gyokuro knew the hesitation in her heart through the action of the snow shadow hugging it.

"You always know everything." Snow Shadow lowered her head and pouted lovingly at Gyokuro.

"I just know you too well." Yulu said in an old-fashioned voice.

Yukikage laughed and sighed poetically, "Some people are fearless, and that's because she knows very well that there are many people who love her unconditionally and support her. ”

"There are still a lot of plants that are silently dedicated." Gyokuro aria.

"There are still a lot of plants that are silently enduring unreliable owners." Snow Shadow Aria.

One person and one plant have a tacit understanding for more than ten years, and they said together: "Kong Xiang." ”

Snow Shadow laughed breathlessly.

"Speaking of Kong Xiang, I miss him, you can take me to see him when you have time, and I don't know if he is darker and uglier now." Yulu's feelings for Kong Xiang are more complicated, she thinks of lies when she doesn't meet, and she dislikes them to death when they meet.

Snow Shadow smiled and nodded.

When the laughter was almost over, Snow Shadow looked up to find that the people in the vineyard were almost gone, the ground covered with peanut shells, and occasionally half of a watermelon peel was clasped on the ground alone.

"Uncle Zhang, I have something to tell you." Yukikage patted his face, returning his already stiff smile to a serious expression.

"What's wrong, baby? Your Uncle Zhang drank two glasses just now, and he doesn't seem to be fine, he is drunk. Aunt Dong swept the peanut shells on the ground into the dustpan.

Snow Shadow picked up another broom and pondered the words while sweeping: "Auntie, have you planted grapes?" ”

"It's planted, and every household in our village has planted it. The feng shui in our village is not good, the grain can't grow, and the harvest of one acre of land is not even one-tenth of the harvest outside. But if you plant grapes, you can ripen a month or two later than the grapes outside. Don't underestimate the past two months, the price is separated. Maybe the feng shui in our village is the grape vine, no, other fruit trees and grains can't grow, how good the grapes are. Aunt Dong straightened up and looked at the neat vines, not to mention how happy she was. People who have been poor all their lives are satisfied with having an extra small income.

Snow Shadow quickly calculated the price of an acre of grapes in her heart, and after converting it to about the same, she asked, "How much can you earn from this acre of land?" ”

"I earn more than growing grain, and I can't sell it for a few dollars all year round, so I can only stay at home and chew it. This year, when the grapes are ripe, one acre of land can have an income of 500. "Aunt Dong goes to the grape field every day to take a walk around to see how the grapes grow, and if she doesn't look at it, she will feel uneasy, and if there is a problem with the grapes of the old Zhang family, she is also anxious. Her son has already married a daughter-in-law, and there is no burden. The second daughter of the old Zhang family is still waiting for the money to go to school.

"Where are the grapes sold? The road here is not easy to walk, and the cars outside do not come in. Snow Shadow asked carefully.

"Where the grapes are sold is decided. Last year, the next village heard that the cabbage could make money, so it started planting in a panic, but no one came to harvest it, and it all rotted in the ground. It is also thanks to the fact that the people in their village are very good, and they did not destroy the Chinese New Year's Eve meal. Our village will not be able to do it, if this happens, it will not be able to slow down for a whole year. Aunt Dong said helplessly.

"Someone from our village will come to harvest the grapes?" Snow Shadow asked.

"No one came to collect it. As you said, there are no roads in our village, and there are no cars outside. Selling grapes is a way for each family to find their own way. The eldest daughter of the old Zhang family worked outside and sold the grapes to her boss. My family has a distant relative in the city who is engaged in the delivery of goods, and my grapes will be given to him, and he can sell them to fruit shops in various small towns. Everyone else is trying to get the grapes out, and those who have more ways to get more grapes will order more grapes, and those who can't only keep the grapes and eat them themselves. "In terms of grape prices, Mrs. Dong can see that no matter whether grapes are expensive or cheap, it is always better than growing grain.

Both of them are Mali people, and with a few words, the peanut shells on the ground are all packed together. Mrs. Dong threw the peanut shell on the dung heap, and washed her hands and face with the faucet.

Xue Ying learned from Aunt Dong's appearance, washed her face and hands, and the person was suddenly much refreshed, and said the words that had been held back for a long time: "Auntie, tell you something." You settle your mind first, and don't panic when you hear it. ”

The smile that Aunt Dong always had on her lips suddenly stopped, and asked, "About the vineyard?" ”

"Hmm." Yukikage struggled to think of the wording, older people have cerebral infarctions and heart attacks or something, and she needs to be tactful and tactful.

"What's the problem, just say it, I'm still stiff, and I'll come through." Aunt Dong looked at the embarrassment in Xueying's eyes, and she had a spectrum in her heart. Although the people in their village have stayed here all their lives and have not experienced the strong winds and waves, they have nothing to fear when they are used to being poor.

Xue Ying looked at the expression on Aunt Dong's face, felt a little more relaxed, and said: "Because of the variety, the grapes here should be sour and astringent when ripe, not edible sweet grapes. ”

Xue Ying regained her habit of speaking, but despite this, Aunt Dong also understood easily.

Aunt Dong stood stunned for a while, her face becoming more and more ugly.

After staying up all night, the snow shadow was young, without any trace of tiredness. Aunt Dong was old, and when she heard such bad news, she smiled at Xue Ying reluctantly, and walked home with a haggard face, she hurried home to discuss the grape vines with her wife, and she couldn't take care of Xue Ying anymore.

"You're so annoying!"

Suddenly, a crisp voice sounded in his ears, and Snow Shadow was frightened.

The wild green grapes hidden in the middle of the vines couldn't help but speak.

Green Grape's voice was too childish, and Xue Xiang asked like a child, "Why do I make you annoyed?" ”

"I see it!" Green Grape said angrily, "Your conversation just now is disgusting us. ”

"No, I'm just saying that you are sour and can't eat it." Snow Shadow argues.

"Your expression betrays you!"

"If you think so, that's all there is to it. If you can calm down, you know that what I said is correct, and my expression is not disgusted, but worried. Snow Shadow softly explained that she didn't want to offend the impulsive little guy.

Green Grape accepted Snow Shadow's explanation and said proudly, "No wonder Daharuki said that you humans are stupid, and you made mistakes, and blamed us for not being delicious." ”

Snow Shadow was sprayed inexplicably: "That's not what I meant. ”

"Shut up, if it weren't for the fact that you didn't spray us indiscriminately, I wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to you." Green grapes continued to be arrogant.

"You say." Snow Shadow coaxed.

"I've heard my mom say that we all exist to make wine, and we make the most beautiful wines. You unprofessional fool, you don't know anything! ”

Snow Shadow touched her nose, she would pay more attention to woody plants in the future. For green grapes, she was unconsciously surprised that perennial plants like green grapes have inherited memories.

Snow Shadow didn't care about being scolded for being stupid by the milky green grapes, and Yulu, who was used to teaching the bear children in the courtyard, couldn't get used to it, and reprimanded with a thick voice: "How to speak!" And there are no rules! ”

Snow Shadow: ......

Where did Gyokuro learn it? Why did she feel so familiar?

When I came, I only brought Gyokuro, and on the way back, there was another little guy.

Green Grape was arguing with Gyokuro fiercely, and when he heard that Snow Shadow was leaving, he clamored to follow Snow Shadow out of this poor and broken place.

"There is no mistreatment for you here, but if you want nourishment, you will be given water. If you are in the midst of bliss and do not know bliss, and if you pursue the nothing, you will be killed by yourself sooner or later. Gyokuro sneered sharply.

Green Grape snorted and said arrogantly: "You don't care." ”

"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you. Shadow, let's go. Gyokuro urged Snow Shadow.

"If you don't take me, I'll make trouble every day, so that all the grapes can't grow well." Green grapes threaten.

Yulu was furious: "Why are you so bad! It's so ignorant! ”

"I'm just so bad, I'm so ignorant, do you care!" The green grapes are triumphant.

"If you don't teach you today, you won't know what the sky is high and the earth is thick." Gyokuro was angry.

I don't know how Gyokuro does it, but the green grapes are losing water at a rate visible to the naked eye, and the plump and moist leaves are rapidly shrinking.

"Ahh Help! The shrill screech of green grapes echoed through the quiet vineyards.

Snow Shadow's brain hurt for a while.

As a result of such a small episode, the green grapes got their wish.

On the swaying tractor, Yulu said angrily: "It's the first time I've seen such a scoundrel." ”

Snow Shadow pursed her lips and snickered, after the trumpet flower, Gyokuro had another little guy that gave it a headache.

Green grapes grow in the vineyard for many years, with thick and complex roots, and if they were simply moved □□ another place, they would surely die. The green grapes also knew their own situation, and directly picked the most tender grape branch for Snow Shadow to cut and take away, and the old roots that remained in place soon lost their vitality.

Before leaving, Xue Ying told Mrs. Dong about the varieties of grapes, according to the outside market price, such sour grapes suitable for winemaking are more expensive than ordinary grapes, and if you find a buyer, you can make a small fortune.

As the saying goes: the royal family also has poor relatives, and conversely, the poor also have distant relatives who are rich and noble. In this poor and remote place, there is really a relative who runs a winery, and the villagers collectively bought it at a price 10% lower than the market price. Although it is 10% lower, the price is much higher than that of ordinary grapes, and everyone is happy.

These are all afterwords, and the snow shadow, who had just returned to the compound, was blown up by the news of weeds.

"You say, my adoptive mother is pregnant?!" Snow Shadow felt incredible.

"Needless to say, you're going to be abandoned." The weed's mouth is still so cheap.

"Nonsense!" The arrogant cactus scolded.

"Yes, weeds are the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain." Trumpet flowers curry favor with cacti.

Snow Shadow floated into the house, smiling at the little old lady who knew nothing.

After so many years of anticipation, she finally has a younger brother and sister.

Snow Shadow excitedly circled, hugged the little old lady and kissed her fiercely, and laughed: "Five days later, I'm going to go to my parents to see, do you have anything to bring?" ”

"Yes, yes." The little old lady nodded hurriedly, every time Kong Shen came back, she was in a hurry, she hadn't prepared anything for them, if the little shadow went to visit them, she would have a lot of things to prepare.

"Don't be in a hurry, prepare slowly, prepare more, I don't have the strength to carry as many lines as I want." Snow Shadow is in a very good mood now, and the whole person is full of heroism. 166 Reading Network